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Thread Number: 25368
I did it, I finally brought home an LG washer! |
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Post# 391110 11/6/2009 at 00:25 (5,282 days old) by revvinkevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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 OK, it may be used, and it's not the TOL model with heater and all, but the price was reasonable so brought it home yesterday. Model # MW1832CW. Can any of you tell approx how old it is? The said it's about 4 years, but I think it's older! I ran a load in it this evening, washing not one, but TWO quilted furniture packing blankets! I did "babysit it" adding water to each fill so the level was just at the bottom of the door glass. I will have to "play" with it more, but I thought it was odd that when I ran the "normal" cycle with the pre-wash option, the pre-wash (according to the "time remaining" display) was LONGER then the main wash (only 5 minutes?)! I was quite surprised about that. Then it took about 10 minutes to drain and pause repeatedly before finally going into the spin. I was bewildered by this! Have any of you out there with the full sized LG washers notice anything like this? Thanks! Kevin 
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Post# 391111 , Reply# 1 11/6/2009 at 00:26 (5,282 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 391119 , Reply# 2 11/6/2009 at 01:07 (5,282 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Gasp! | ||
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Post# 391125 , Reply# 3 11/6/2009 at 02:43 (5,282 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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LG
Oh Kevin, how many & counting..!!! addictive isnt it!!nice looking machine, LG sells really well here and not as many problems as other makes on the newer stuff, we dont have the back panel control models here...AND it even has its protective film still on!! Whenever I see that I always want to peel them off but to a collector its a very nice bonus!!Sounds like its doing its sensing/draining/spin balance routine which is a pain on certain models!! enjoy, Mike | ||
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Post# 391132 , Reply# 6 11/6/2009 at 04:26 (5,282 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Post# 391133 , Reply# 7 11/6/2009 at 04:27 (5,282 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Post# 391150 , Reply# 8 11/6/2009 at 06:19 (5,282 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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That's a sharp-looking washer, Kevin! Leaks were a common problem with them a few years ago. You'll love the uber-capacity. I have a couple of friends with LG's (both purchased less than 2 years ago) and they've had no problems with them. Our local dealer also services, so that takes care of that issue. Have fun! | ||
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Post# 391166 , Reply# 9 11/6/2009 at 09:20 (5,282 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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GASP! There is still packaging on the control panel!!!
I just got a new LG washer, the BOL model, which is suprisingly not very BOL! I love it! My machine doesn't take more than a minute or two to balance before spin and it does a great job washing and the rinsing is pretty damn good considering the water level! I will usually use the extra rinse option when washing towels or a full load.
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Post# 391187 , Reply# 10 11/6/2009 at 11:24 (5,282 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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No way that unit deserves to reside next to the 806.... Yes Dan you had better duck and run! LOL No, kidding! But don't worry, the 806 will be moved out of there because I have to pull it apart to replace the damper pads (yikes!). Just another item on the "things to do" list. ChesterMike: How many do I have now? WAAAAY too many and counting!! I swear, I NEED you guys here to come do an intervention... I'm out of control! And I'm NOT kidding! (They'll be coming to take me a way, ha ha... to the funny farm... ho ho he he ha ha... where life is beautiful all the time.....) Frigilux: YES, I already love the uber-capacity! Are you familiar with those thickly padded, quilted furniture blankets movers use to protect furniture? I washer two of those at the same time and it was full, but handled it perfectly! And with that 8 minute long, 900 rpm spin, they were practically dry! Jamie: Yes this machine balanced and went into spin very quickly too, but my issue is the 5 or 6 minutes it took BEFORE the spin when it cycled the drain pump on and off with long pauses between. | ||
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Post# 391197 , Reply# 11 11/6/2009 at 11:45 (5,282 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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By the way.......... | ||
| Post# 391217 , Reply# 12 11/6/2009 at 12:37 (5,282 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Suds Kill | ||
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Post# 391257 , Reply# 13 11/6/2009 at 16:04 (5,281 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Wow... | ||
| Post# 391296 , Reply# 14 11/6/2009 at 19:23 (5,281 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
It even has a 'Get A Life Window'...
If all you have to do with your time is watch the clothes move thru the window, you need to 'get a life'... LOL!!! (ohhh, the Westinghouse guys are gonna get me for that...) I think the LG uses pretty much the same system as the rest which is keeping track of motor torque to tell if there might be suds. Many of them use motor torque sensing to see if the load's balanced as well. Listen, Kevin. I think that's SWAT outside your door using a bullhorn... "Kevin, put down the washer and come out with your hands up! We only want to talk and get you some help!!! Oh yeah, and the Sargent wants your wringer while we're at it...) RCD | ||
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Post# 391408 , Reply# 17 11/7/2009 at 08:49 (5,281 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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I love mine.
Kevin, I have the TOL 2432(looks like yours), and I love it. I have been lucky; my machine was assembled well and has not needed service calls. It does get some getting used to. Firstly, I can tell you that you're going to end up using the PERMANENT PRESS cycle more than any other, as it will give you the highest fill available. Secondly, as MRB says, the SUDS KILL protocol will come on if the machine detects oversudsing and will hold the machine in long pauses while it occasionally injects cold water and drains. On my machine, the suds have to come all the way up to the top of the window for it to engage. I've only had this happen a couple of times when I was fooling around with the machine, trying to use soap instead of detergent or just testing how far I could go with regular detergent. And yes, if you are actively monitoring the machine, it seems to take forever to go into spin, but the machine spins so fast that I believe it is protecting itself(I would love to have a spray rinse cycle included but I believe that would throw the machie off-balance and cause damage). I love my LG because it is the ONLY machine I've ever owned that you can truly set and forget. I usually set the machine to run in the middle of the night by starting the machine on a PERM PRESS cycle to fill with cold water and cold water detergent, allow the machine to run for a couple of minutes then I stop it for a long soak. I then set the machine to a delay start cycle to begin sometime in the early morning, with a pre-wash(to finish and drain the soak water), then a SANITIZE wash with an extra rinse. The dispensing system is so complete that I can add everything I want (except liquid detergent, no problem for me), and it will be dispensed properly. My only complaints about this machine, as I've said numerous times on this site, is that instead of an efficient 6000watt heater coil like the Miele has, this thing has a very feeble 1200watt one, which means it never gets even close to a boil wash and takes forever to get there. My other criticism is that I think the bleach should be dispensed during the first rinse, the way the Duets do it, for optimal bleaching. I still think this is the best washing machine I've ever owned. 
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Post# 391472 , Reply# 18 11/7/2009 at 14:15 (5,280 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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OK Drew.........A "get-a-life window" huh? Boy, you sure were right when you said all of the Westinghouse guys are going to get you! Lest you forget I am a Westinghouse owner now too? (Come on guys, LET'S GET HIM!!!) And also, if this is not the pot calling the kettle black!! Gee Drew, you have NO room to talk... AT ALL!! Grrrrr! ROFLMAO :-D Jamie: Was your "GASP!" about the protective film on the control panel a good thing or a bad thing? I removed it, so it looks much better now. Darryl and Ken, Thanks for the info about experiences you've had with your LG's! I am still learning about the machine and the way it's cycles are programmed. One thing I am VERY SURPRISED about is, when it goes into the rinse which flushes the bleach dispenser, the water keeps flowing until the water lever reaches the point in the photo below! The water finally shuts off about 30 seconds before draining! It's done this on all three loads I've watched (both the normal & cotton/towels cycles). This is the only rinse/fill that does this. 
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Post# 391473 , Reply# 19 11/7/2009 at 14:23 (5,280 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Did you manually add water to the machine also? On two of the three loads I've run so far, yes. But that is mostly because I was washing very large, bulky items (the quilted furniture packing blankets I mentioned and I washed one of my car covers this morning.) An additional quart of water was not enough for what I was doing and using a 1/2 gallon pitcher wasn't cutting it either. So I unhooked the hoses from the adjacent 806 (since it's being moved anyway) and used them to fill it more. This worked very nicely! 
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| Post# 391494 , Reply# 20 11/7/2009 at 18:25 (5,280 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Come on guys, LET'S GET HIM!!!
(Quaking in boots...) I'm sorry, Kevin... I am now so frightened, I may avoid bringing the G.E.'s and Frigidaire's over there out of self preservation... LOL! I'm wondering if there isn't a mini manual in the console or on the kick panel that would give a cycle time breakdown to help explain that rinse. Interesting... RCD | ||
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Post# 391596 , Reply# 23 11/8/2009 at 08:14 (5,280 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Kevin,
Are you saying that the bleach dispenser on your model does, in fact, dispense during the rinse cycle??? That doesn't look right to me. My bleach dispenser is flushed at the last five minutes of the wash cycle. The solenoid does flush the cup until it overflows but adds no significant amount of water to the tub. The softener dispenser fills about 6 times at the beginning of the final rinse cycle during the fill, by comparison. | ||
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Post# 391625 , Reply# 24 11/8/2009 at 11:47 (5,280 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Darryl, yes that's what it does. When it starts filling for the rinse, water flows through the "main wash" trough to fill the machine. Once the "normal" water level is reached, the water flow changes to the bleach reservoir, the machine tumbles as it normally does and the water keeps flowing. It's not as if it just sits there idle as the water level increases, it does not. Ken "Are you saying that the bleach dispenser dispense during the rinse cycle???" Yes that is correct. And my understanding this is pretty much "normal" on most FL washers. In fact, my 12 year old Frigidaire Gallery FL washer does exactly that, dispenses the bleach during the first rinse. | ||
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Post# 391627 , Reply# 25 11/8/2009 at 11:50 (5,280 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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I may avoid bringing the G.E.'s and Frigidaire's ove | ||
| Post# 391652 , Reply# 26 11/8/2009 at 15:21 (5,279 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Aaaarrrggghhh! | ||
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Post# 391653 , Reply# 27 11/8/2009 at 15:27 (5,279 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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